Amit Bhatia departs

[cross it Dave]

Amit was fantastic for this club. The Bhatia family provided fantastic support including ‘sponsoring’ the stand at a time the club needed money. I really think the griping is out of order and we should thank them for what they did.

Tell Jimmy Gregory that.

[daveshads]

Amit was with us for a long time. This showed great patience particularly if he had any kind of ambition. I remain open minded as to whether we yet have that ambition. I hope so.

[SheepRanger]

Correct me if im wrong, but haven't the Bhatia family always been minority shareholders?

Its Fernandes & Gnanalingam who have been bankrolling the club. Yes, as a shareholder they put some money into the stand sponsorship, but this would be small change compared to what the others invested and wrote off.

Amit was given a PR role as the public face of the Board and to cut his teeth in the world of business. By the end didn't they own about 5% of the club? They played their role without ever wanting to take on full control, which they could have done when Fernandes left with his pockets empty. They never really got that interested in us. But yeah, Amit seems a charming chap.

[cross it Dave]

Every single seat we all sit on at Loftus Rd was built by Jimmy Gregory, all other directors have done what??

[SheepRanger]

Every single seat we all sit on at Loftus Rd was built by Jimmy Gregory, all other directors have done what??

Lost a shed load of their own money.

But Im glad theres been proper investment in our training facility to get to Cat 1 status. Hopefully, those prem signings on huge contracts will be a thing of the past.

[Harrow QPR]

Amit and the Mittals were never really interested in QPR otherwise they would have bought us years ago . They've got loads of money

[cross it Dave]

Spot on.

[daveshads]

I read today that Amit is heavily involved in the ownership shake up at Liverpool, involving Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and some other billionaires. Amit set to become Liverpool’s vice-chairman.
Do you think he didn’t fancy QPR for such investment???

[SheepRanger]

I read today that Amit is heavily involved in the ownership shake up at Liverpool, involving Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and some other billionaires. Amit set to become Liverpool’s vice-chairman.
Do you think he didn’t fancy QPR for such investment???

Liverpool are a global brand and there may be scope to expand their ground further. We're dont have either of those things. But they've paid top dollar for the privilege.

I thought Amit was leading the condortium rather thsn an equity member? Salaried board member most likely..